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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule Revision (LCRR) costs $335 million to implement while generating $9 billion in health benefits annually—far exceeding the EPA’s public statements that the LCRR generates $645 million in annual health benefits, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Maryland researchers have found that a cute kitten in an Instagram post could influence a shopper to add a product to their list. The researchers have created the Cuteness Attributes Taxonomy, which lists 15 attributes that determine cuteness. The University’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security’s Emotions in …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to a new study from the University of Surrey which analyzed data from 1.4 million academic papers, large research teams struggle to reach top-tier journals and generate more impact. The paper has been published in Academy of Management Learning & Education. Lead author of the study and Professor of Strategy …
An example of a summer population of Limacina rangii from the Scotia Sea. Larger juveniles living alongside a smaller, larval stage cohort. Credit: Dr Vicky Peck The world’s oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. During absorption, CO2 reacts with seawater and oceanic pH levels fall. This is known as ocean …
The innovative sampling design was home-built for the study, enabling accurate ecosystem-scale measurements of emissions via fast response and low losses. A high flow (5000 litres per minute) through the chimney inlet enabled sampling of the sticky highly reactive organic compounds without any inlet wall losses. A 3-D sonic anemometer is mounted above the inlet …
Neutron scattering experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source revealed how the dynamics between copper and oxygen make a special type of enzyme excel at breaking down biomass. Insights could lead to lowering the cost of biofuel production. Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nonfood, plant-based biofuels have potential as a green alternative to fossil …
DNA repair mechanisms can contribute to chromosome breakage at certain DNA sequences. Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Modified; no author stated) Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brokechromo.jpg We often come to an understanding of what causes a disease. We know, for example, that cancers are caused by mutations at critical locations in the genome, resulting in loss of control of cell …
Future efforts that may help address current challenges in upscaling laboratory studies to ecosystems in soil microbiology research. Credit: Global Change Biology (2022). DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16537 Soil microbiology research increasingly depends on big data. This means that experiments will no longer only mostly be carried out under controlled conditions in the laboratory but will instead move …
The Pando aspen grove in southcentral Utah after a thunderstorm. Credit: Jeff Rice Spread across 106 acres in southcentral Utah, the Pando aspen grove resembles a forest but is actually a single organism with more than 47,000 genetically identical aspen stems connected at the root. Pando is the world’s largest tree by weight and land …
The study, published in Microbiology Spectrum, focuses on the cleavage of MCR-1 by DegP. The article includes an immunoblotting analysis of various E. coli isolates carrying the mcr-1 gene and a comparison of the PBD of different alleles of MCR-1. Colistin is a crucial antibiotic of last resort for treating multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, the global …